swords or daggers, and whyFollow

yeah, thats my question

Will you be playing more PVE or PVP?

In general:

You'll be backstabbing alot with daggers.

A sword rogue will be doing more stunlocking while using either sinister strike or Hemo.

Both are viable.

Play around with it and see which suits your play style more.

i think that swords are mostly for end-gaming and leveling because with swords you do huge amount og dmg with sinister strike and you also don't need to be behind you'r target,so attacking is also easier. and if you are fighting a mob with a pat/another mob behind you, you won't pull the pat/grp/mob behind the target if you'r using swords. though daggers are pwnage in BG and pvp, they also fit leveling. This is my opinion, but both are fine, just find the one you like better .

Just comes down to personal prefrence really. End game you can use swords or daggers... or maces/fists if you so choose. Generally you're going to be sticking to combat daggers/swords for PvE endgame. For PvP... you can go hemo with any nice slow sword/fist/mace (which there really aren't many), or you can go with a seal fate or cb/prep dagger build.

As far as energy costs... SS and BS are pretty much ballanced. If you find that you're waiting around too much for energy after your initial ambush... consider getting an energy watch mod so that you can time your ambush right before you get an additional tick (allowing an instant backstab - or as close to that as you can get with the global cooldown).

Isn't SS 40 and BS 65?

While My opinon is Sword is good for soloing. There are alot of nice combos that i do to up my Dps 150-160. but in groups i say Dagger cause of ambush and Backstab. But like everyone else play around with it.

Comming from a sword rogue myself... the reason for that is because 1) Your combat dagger rogues are undergeared or 2) Your dagger rogues are seal fate or cb/prep and don't know that there are dagger builds which involve combat. I can't remember the last time I wasn't #1 or 2 on the dammage meters. My guild's rogues suffer from #2...

For end-game raiding I prefer daggers, however its all about positioning. If you are sloppy at getting good positioning, you are going to suck as a dagger rogue, and just go ahead and go sword spec. Naxx and AQ40 are definitely a new challenge for dagger rogues in stepping up a notch in positioning. I know quite a few dagger rogues that have switched to swords for these 2 instances, primarily because the mobs move around a lot more than the previous end-game instances. If you can hang, daggers are the way to go imho, because you can have fun and excel at both PvE and PvP.

.....also, 31/8/12 is a great PvE build. I know the numbers are there for the combat dagger rogues to say they are superior, but remember, this game also comes down to an amount of skill. I have consistently been on the top of the meters with my build, but it just comes down to how aggressive you play, and knowing how to control the aggro that comes with an aggressive play style.

The above statment is very true. If you can't position yourself as a combat dagger rogue (or as any dagger rogue) be prepared to not look so hot on the meters. Positioning isn't that hard, but it does take some practice. By the same token though, sword rogues should always be attacking from behind to minimize parry/block etc... A lot of the time that's not an issue, because when you stand in front of the mob you're hit with some sort of cone shaped attack (be it a cleave, or a fire breath, etc...). Good sword rogues will always be right next to the good dagger rogues...

That being said... effort is really what it comes down to. The only rogue in our guild that gives me a run for my money is a 21/8/22 dagger rogue that's always on top of his game, and never dies (because he knows how to manage agro). Sadly... I'm catching up to him in gear... and I can finally outdammage him on a consistant basis...

This should help you out.

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